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Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1975-12-25

Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1975-12-25, page 01

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VOL. 53 NO. 53
DECEMBER 25, 1975 - TEVET 21
h Groups To Continue Ban On Mexico owing Latest Anti-Zionist U.N. Vote
NEW YORK — Mrs. Mary Beame, wife of the mayor of New York City, attempts to phone Ida Nudel, a Soviet Jewish activist in Moscow, during City Hall ceremonies in which a group" of promineM New York women in the arts and public life issued a "Women's Plea for Soviet Jewry" on the anniversary of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights. Ms. Nudel (shown in photo at left) was symbolically "adopted" by Mrs. Beame and other Soviet Jewish, women also were adopted by the participants in the ceremonies, whojjledged to work for their freedom. Although the Moscow call could not be completed, Mrs. Beame spoke to Ms. Nudel's sister, liana Friedman, in Tel Aviv. The ceremonies were sponsored by the New York Women's Coalition on Soviet Jewry, an affiliate of the Greater New York Conference on Soviet Jewry. Jewish women in other U.S. cities are conducting 2 similar "adoption" campaigns.
RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO
" UNITED NATIONS (WNS) - Jewish
organizations- have announced they will continue their ban on membership tours to Mexico following the Vote by Mexico in .the General Assembly for the resolution adopted by last summer's International Women's Year Conference in Mexico City as well as two separate clauses condemning Zionism. The Assembly adopted the blanket resolution containing two paragraphs condemning Zionism along with racism, colonialism and apartheid as movements to be eliminated by .a 107-1 vote with 26 abstentions. Israel was the only country to cast a vote against the overall ' resolution. In separate votes taken on the anti-Zionist clauses Israel and 23 countries voted against them, 26 abstained and 83
■ voted in favor. The Mexican vote in favor of both the blanket resolution and the antirZionist . - passages surprised many in view of the statement by Mexican President Luis Echeverria's remarks to American and
Canadian Jewish leaders in Mexico City that his country's Foreign Minister, Emilio Rabasa, "is now at the United Nations to ensure' that future votes by Mexico cannot be misunderstood as equating Zionism with racism or opposing the national' aspirations of the Jewish people.'"
Rabbi Israel Miller, chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major ^ American Jewish Organizations, noted that "we afe deeply disturbed"
Robert Aronson Re-elected To third Term
At a special meeting of the Jewish' Center Board of Directors on Dec. 15, 1975, Robert Aronson was reelected to a third one year term as president of the1
Robert Aronson
Jewish Center. Elected Vice Presidents were -Marvin Pliskin, Dr. ^ James Tennenbaum and Mrs. Robert Tenenbaum. Burton Schildhouse was elected secretary and Benjamin Zox was elected treasurer with ~ Michael Talis as assistant treasurer.
Aronson in his remarks
reported that the Jewish
Center had operated "irilthe
/ black" for the past two years
1 despite the economic
\ recession and inflationary
trends. Thisi had been
achieved with the help of a special consultation report prepared by Arthur Rotman, Executive Director-of the Pittsburgh Jewish Community Center under the auspices of the Columbus • Jewish Federation.
The Rotman Report was viewed by Mr. Aronson as providing the basis for improving the fiscal position and building "a sound foundation for developing the Center's "program in the years to come.
A second phase of the Rotman Report is now being studied' and discussed by various program committees of the Center and will result in a number of recommendations for rehabilitating the Center building, updating its facilities and making sure that the Center's program meets the needs of the Columbus Jewish community.
The , meeting was highlighted by a- special presentation by Gallery Players, interpreting the work of the Cultural Arts Department at the Center. The program was narrated by Fred Luper and Mrs. Mel Schottenstein, Cultural Arts Committee co-chairpersons. In' his- interpretation Mr. Luper stated that "The
Jewish Center is striving,to" use the Cultural Arts as a means, of serving the individual 'and the community "in such a way that enhances and strengthens his understanding of himself as a Jew.- With this, in mind programming in the Center's Cultural Arts Department ■ frequently turns its attention to the roots of Jewish heritage in Eastern Europe." Assisting in the presentation were Bea Roth; Ruth Edelstein, Abe Green, Linda Wasserstrom, Julian Barnett and Annabelle Snyder. .Excerpts were presented from "Fiddler on the Roof," "The Cold Wind and The Warm," and "Cabaret."
Harry Schwartz and Myer Hausman were elected as honorary members of; the Jewish Center Board." Other Board members of the Jewish Center elected for the coming year are: Mrs. Barbara Adler, Irving Barkan, Mrs. Ronald Blank, Sidney Blatt, Dr. Benton Bloch, Marvin Brown,, Howard Byer, Howard Chenfeld, Millard Cummins, Mrs. Robert Daroe, Harold Edelstein, Troy A. Feibel, Melvin Finke, Mrs. Melville Frank, Jack Gaiser, Marvin
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by the Mexican vote and find it difficult to understand that Echeverria's remarks were not reflected in the Mexican action. Miller's remarks were.echoed by other Jewish leaders as well as visiting Israeli Tourism Minister Moshe Kol. But in Jerusalem it was reported that government 'officials had been saying privately that it had been agreed that Mexico would vote for the women's year resolution since it had been the host country for the conference. But questions
the,.
not
the
were raised why government had informed the "Knesset, press and American Jewish leaders of this. The Mexican vote was explained atthe UN by the head of that country's delegation, Ms. Aida Gonzales Martinez, who said her government supported the Mexico City declaration as being of considerable value. She said if Zionism means the.realization of the national aspirations "of the Jewish people, her
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 4}
U.S., Israel, 10 Other Nations Walk Out Of UNESCO Conference
By Edwin Ey tan
PARIS (JTA) - The United States, Israel and 10 other nations, walked out of the UNESCO conference" hers on Dec. 18 in an angry demonstration pf protest against the adoption Dec. 17 of a Yugoslav-sponsored draft resolution which included a clause calling attention to the UN General Assembly vote —for the measure equating Zionism with racism. Several other countries, among them Norway, Ecuador, Austria and Venezuela, remained in the hall but are refusing to participate in the proceedings or have Served notice that they will vote1 ' against the final document. The walk-out countries included eight member states of the European "Economic Community — the ninth, Luxembourg, was absent — Australia and Canada. Mexico also was absent and boycotted the vote. Letters bitterly condemning the Yugoslav amendment were sent to the conference chairman by the U.S. delegate, Donald F. Stowe, - and the ' Italian delegate, Ludovoco Carducci Artenisio on behalf of the Common Market
states. A letter stressing that the amendment was "in flagrant contradiction of the declared aihis of the meeting," was submitted by
the Israeli delegate, Avraham Prim or. The conference chairman Joseph Grohman of Czechoslovakia,
(CONTINUED ON_PAGE 5)
Zacks Re-elected National United Jewish Appeal Chmn.
Gordon Zacks of Columbus, was re-elected a National Chairrtian of the United Jewish Appeal at the closing' dinner of the UJA
Gordon Zacks
1976 National Conference at the New York Hilton Hotel, Saturday night, Dec. 13.
UJA General Chairman Frank R. Lautenberg
announced Mr. Zacks' election to 2,000 Conference delegates in the presence of the guest of honor, Israel Defense Minister Shimon Peres. The. dinner meeting concluded two intensive days of briefings on overseas Jewish needs, campaign workshops and lectures and seminars on contemporary and historic Jewish issues, during which American Jewish community leaders from every part of the country developed • the program and strategy of the 1976 UJA fund raising campaign.
Mr. Zacks is one of 14 National Chairmen who constitute the UJA General Chairman's inner council on the policy and conduct of the campaign.
"When anti-Semitism is given credence in the forum of the family of nations," MnLautenbergstated, "the
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 91
$900,000 In UJF Pledges Already Received
Nearly $900,000 in pledges for the 1976 United Jewish Fund Campaign has already been received, according to General Campaign Chairman, Myer Mellman, despite the fact that the official opening of the campaign is scheduled for early February. "Three preliminary leadership meetings have brought in almost 30% of the 1976 goal of $3,500,000," said Mr. Mellman, "and I am pleased that we have made a good start in achieving our goal. The three meetings — of Advance Gifts leadership, Young Men's leadership, and Women's Division leadership — were preliminary meetings, and the full campaign will involve every member of the Columbus Jewish community." Nearly $700,000 was pledged at the Advance Gifts meeting; nearly $55,000 at the Young Men's meeting, and over $7,000 at the Women's meeting. The balance comes from pledges previously obtained.
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■tOW/ Serving Columbus and Central Ohio Jewish Community lor Over 50 Yttars mAuL
VOL. 53 NO. 53
DECEMBER 25, 1975 - TEVET 21
h Groups To Continue Ban On Mexico owing Latest Anti-Zionist U.N. Vote
NEW YORK — Mrs. Mary Beame, wife of the mayor of New York City, attempts to phone Ida Nudel, a Soviet Jewish activist in Moscow, during City Hall ceremonies in which a group" of promineM New York women in the arts and public life issued a "Women's Plea for Soviet Jewry" on the anniversary of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights. Ms. Nudel (shown in photo at left) was symbolically "adopted" by Mrs. Beame and other Soviet Jewish, women also were adopted by the participants in the ceremonies, whojjledged to work for their freedom. Although the Moscow call could not be completed, Mrs. Beame spoke to Ms. Nudel's sister, liana Friedman, in Tel Aviv. The ceremonies were sponsored by the New York Women's Coalition on Soviet Jewry, an affiliate of the Greater New York Conference on Soviet Jewry. Jewish women in other U.S. cities are conducting 2 similar "adoption" campaigns.
RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO
" UNITED NATIONS (WNS) - Jewish
organizations- have announced they will continue their ban on membership tours to Mexico following the Vote by Mexico in .the General Assembly for the resolution adopted by last summer's International Women's Year Conference in Mexico City as well as two separate clauses condemning Zionism. The Assembly adopted the blanket resolution containing two paragraphs condemning Zionism along with racism, colonialism and apartheid as movements to be eliminated by .a 107-1 vote with 26 abstentions. Israel was the only country to cast a vote against the overall ' resolution. In separate votes taken on the anti-Zionist clauses Israel and 23 countries voted against them, 26 abstained and 83
■ voted in favor. The Mexican vote in favor of both the blanket resolution and the antirZionist . - passages surprised many in view of the statement by Mexican President Luis Echeverria's remarks to American and
Canadian Jewish leaders in Mexico City that his country's Foreign Minister, Emilio Rabasa, "is now at the United Nations to ensure' that future votes by Mexico cannot be misunderstood as equating Zionism with racism or opposing the national' aspirations of the Jewish people.'"
Rabbi Israel Miller, chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major ^ American Jewish Organizations, noted that "we afe deeply disturbed"
Robert Aronson Re-elected To third Term
At a special meeting of the Jewish' Center Board of Directors on Dec. 15, 1975, Robert Aronson was reelected to a third one year term as president of the1
Robert Aronson
Jewish Center. Elected Vice Presidents were -Marvin Pliskin, Dr. ^ James Tennenbaum and Mrs. Robert Tenenbaum. Burton Schildhouse was elected secretary and Benjamin Zox was elected treasurer with ~ Michael Talis as assistant treasurer.
Aronson in his remarks
reported that the Jewish
Center had operated "irilthe
/ black" for the past two years
1 despite the economic
\ recession and inflationary
trends. Thisi had been
achieved with the help of a special consultation report prepared by Arthur Rotman, Executive Director-of the Pittsburgh Jewish Community Center under the auspices of the Columbus • Jewish Federation.
The Rotman Report was viewed by Mr. Aronson as providing the basis for improving the fiscal position and building "a sound foundation for developing the Center's "program in the years to come.
A second phase of the Rotman Report is now being studied' and discussed by various program committees of the Center and will result in a number of recommendations for rehabilitating the Center building, updating its facilities and making sure that the Center's program meets the needs of the Columbus Jewish community.
The , meeting was highlighted by a- special presentation by Gallery Players, interpreting the work of the Cultural Arts Department at the Center. The program was narrated by Fred Luper and Mrs. Mel Schottenstein, Cultural Arts Committee co-chairpersons. In' his- interpretation Mr. Luper stated that "The
Jewish Center is striving,to" use the Cultural Arts as a means, of serving the individual 'and the community "in such a way that enhances and strengthens his understanding of himself as a Jew.- With this, in mind programming in the Center's Cultural Arts Department ■ frequently turns its attention to the roots of Jewish heritage in Eastern Europe." Assisting in the presentation were Bea Roth; Ruth Edelstein, Abe Green, Linda Wasserstrom, Julian Barnett and Annabelle Snyder. .Excerpts were presented from "Fiddler on the Roof," "The Cold Wind and The Warm," and "Cabaret."
Harry Schwartz and Myer Hausman were elected as honorary members of; the Jewish Center Board." Other Board members of the Jewish Center elected for the coming year are: Mrs. Barbara Adler, Irving Barkan, Mrs. Ronald Blank, Sidney Blatt, Dr. Benton Bloch, Marvin Brown,, Howard Byer, Howard Chenfeld, Millard Cummins, Mrs. Robert Daroe, Harold Edelstein, Troy A. Feibel, Melvin Finke, Mrs. Melville Frank, Jack Gaiser, Marvin
(CONTINUED ON RAGE 9)
by the Mexican vote and find it difficult to understand that Echeverria's remarks were not reflected in the Mexican action. Miller's remarks were.echoed by other Jewish leaders as well as visiting Israeli Tourism Minister Moshe Kol. But in Jerusalem it was reported that government 'officials had been saying privately that it had been agreed that Mexico would vote for the women's year resolution since it had been the host country for the conference. But questions
the,.
not
the
were raised why government had informed the "Knesset, press and American Jewish leaders of this. The Mexican vote was explained atthe UN by the head of that country's delegation, Ms. Aida Gonzales Martinez, who said her government supported the Mexico City declaration as being of considerable value. She said if Zionism means the.realization of the national aspirations "of the Jewish people, her
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 4}
U.S., Israel, 10 Other Nations Walk Out Of UNESCO Conference
By Edwin Ey tan
PARIS (JTA) - The United States, Israel and 10 other nations, walked out of the UNESCO conference" hers on Dec. 18 in an angry demonstration pf protest against the adoption Dec. 17 of a Yugoslav-sponsored draft resolution which included a clause calling attention to the UN General Assembly vote —for the measure equating Zionism with racism. Several other countries, among them Norway, Ecuador, Austria and Venezuela, remained in the hall but are refusing to participate in the proceedings or have Served notice that they will vote1 ' against the final document. The walk-out countries included eight member states of the European "Economic Community — the ninth, Luxembourg, was absent — Australia and Canada. Mexico also was absent and boycotted the vote. Letters bitterly condemning the Yugoslav amendment were sent to the conference chairman by the U.S. delegate, Donald F. Stowe, - and the ' Italian delegate, Ludovoco Carducci Artenisio on behalf of the Common Market
states. A letter stressing that the amendment was "in flagrant contradiction of the declared aihis of the meeting," was submitted by
the Israeli delegate, Avraham Prim or. The conference chairman Joseph Grohman of Czechoslovakia,
(CONTINUED ON_PAGE 5)
Zacks Re-elected National United Jewish Appeal Chmn.
Gordon Zacks of Columbus, was re-elected a National Chairrtian of the United Jewish Appeal at the closing' dinner of the UJA
Gordon Zacks
1976 National Conference at the New York Hilton Hotel, Saturday night, Dec. 13.
UJA General Chairman Frank R. Lautenberg
announced Mr. Zacks' election to 2,000 Conference delegates in the presence of the guest of honor, Israel Defense Minister Shimon Peres. The. dinner meeting concluded two intensive days of briefings on overseas Jewish needs, campaign workshops and lectures and seminars on contemporary and historic Jewish issues, during which American Jewish community leaders from every part of the country developed • the program and strategy of the 1976 UJA fund raising campaign.
Mr. Zacks is one of 14 National Chairmen who constitute the UJA General Chairman's inner council on the policy and conduct of the campaign.
"When anti-Semitism is given credence in the forum of the family of nations," MnLautenbergstated, "the
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 91
$900,000 In UJF Pledges Already Received
Nearly $900,000 in pledges for the 1976 United Jewish Fund Campaign has already been received, according to General Campaign Chairman, Myer Mellman, despite the fact that the official opening of the campaign is scheduled for early February. "Three preliminary leadership meetings have brought in almost 30% of the 1976 goal of $3,500,000," said Mr. Mellman, "and I am pleased that we have made a good start in achieving our goal. The three meetings — of Advance Gifts leadership, Young Men's leadership, and Women's Division leadership — were preliminary meetings, and the full campaign will involve every member of the Columbus Jewish community." Nearly $700,000 was pledged at the Advance Gifts meeting; nearly $55,000 at the Young Men's meeting, and over $7,000 at the Women's meeting. The balance comes from pledges previously obtained.
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